"Sons of Anarchy" kicked off its sixth season last night with a
shocking ending that may have left many
unsettled.

If you haven't watched the premiere of the FX series,
don't read any farther.

After an already surprising opening that included rape and a man
drowning in urine, during the end of last night's premiere, an
11-year-old boy walked inside a middle school gun drawn, and
began firing.

The actual violence was not seen on screen. Instead, the camera
panned on the outside of the school, through imagery in the
child's notebook. A final scene showed the aftermath of the
event.

Rather, after the recent shootings occurred, Sutter told
TVGuide.com that while he wasn't aiming to just grab views,
he didn't want to simply back down from
telling the story the way he wanted.

"I also felt like, 'I'm not going to not tell
this story because I'm afraid that I'm going to get some
blowback,'" said Sutter. "The best thing I could do as a
storyteller was try to do it in the most organic way."

Sons of
Anarchy trailer / FX

Ultimately, what could be gathered from the episode is that the
gun will be linked back to the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club
(SAMCRO) who have been illegally selling guns and will affect the
crew's relationships in the town of Charming, that up until now,
they have ruled.

The fallout
will also have a profound effect upon character Jax (Charlie
Hunnam).

"We have
a father who's deeply troubled with this sense of, 'Can I be an
outlaw and still be a good father?'" Sutter says of Jax. "He's
very concerned with where his kids are going to go and ultimately
how they're going to be impacted by his lifestyle ... how do
you not tell that
story?"

However, Sutter made sure to get permission from FX before
he began writing the entire season, something which FX Networks
CEO John Landgraf supported.

"My only point
of view, and fortunately Kurt shared it, was ... we just didn't
want to see anything on-camera," Landgraf told TVGuide.com. "It was understood from the
get-go that he was going to find a way of portraying it that was
respectful, that was non-explicit."

"I believe
very strongly we did it the right way," Landgraf added. "I can't
honestly worry about people who are going to take things out of
context. I believe in context; that's why I'm in the business of
telling stories."

"I waited because I knew that ultimately the emotional and social
impact would be great, that it would be hard to have that story
happen and then move on to a couple seasons where these guys are
selling guns and just livin’ their life. I knew if we did it, it
would really have to be at the end and, ultimately, I realized it
was a good way to take us to the end."